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clouting

/klout/US // klaʊt //UK // (klaʊt) //

冲撞,冲撞的,叮叮当当,丁丁

Related Words

sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃prestige威望,声望,威信,威望性influence影响力,影响,势力weight重量standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的pull牵引,牵引力,牵引物,牵引器authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹box箱子,盒子,盒,框clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画wallop撞墙,撞击,撞击声,墙头草sock袜子,袜,袜业,短袜slap掌掴,猛击,拍打,啪啪啪smack猛击,猛烈抨击,咂嘴,咂摸cuff袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍clobber口水仗,口水战,口水战是指,抢劫rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教thump捶打,砰的一声,砰砰,砰地一声strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了whack捶打,猛击,抨击,捶击

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a blow, especially with the hand; cuff: The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
    • : Informal. pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power: a wealthy campaign contributor with clout at city hall.
    • : Baseball. a long hit, especially an extra-base hit: A hard clout to deep center field drove in the winning run.
    • : Archery. the mark or target shot at, especially in long-distance shooting.a shot that hits the mark.
    • : Also called clout nail . a nail for attaching sheet metal to wood, having a short shank with a broad head.
    • : Archaic. a patch or piece of cloth or other material used to mend something.any worthless piece of cloth; rag.an article of clothing.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike, especially with the hand; cuff.
    • : Archaic. to bandage.to patch; mend.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpower
Synonyms
influence影响力,影响,势力prestige威望,声望,威信,威望性sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃weight重量authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握pull牵引,牵引力,牵引物,牵引器standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的
verbhit
Synonyms
blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹box箱子,盒子,盒,框clip夹子,剪辑,剪切,剪贴画clobber口水仗,口水战,口水战是指,抢劫cuff袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教slap掌掴,猛击,拍打,啪啪啪smack猛击,猛烈抨击,咂嘴,咂摸sock袜子,袜,袜业,短袜strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了thump捶打,砰的一声,砰砰,砰地一声wallop撞墙,撞击,撞击声,墙头草whack捶打,猛击,抨击,捶击

Examples

  • One thing the data showed was that the league’s low positivity rate wasn’t just accomplished with deep pockets and clout, though it used both of those.

  • Amazon has repeatedly denied it uses its market clout to compete unfairly.

  • Last summer, Bezos was summoned to Capitol Hill to testify virtually alongside the CEOs of Apple, Google and Facebook before a House antitrust subcommittee investigation on the clout of the tech behemoths.

  • As much as I appreciate high-caliber content, I shudder at the prospect of a world where a16z carries more media clout than the Times or the Wall Street Journal.

  • Tuesday’s Georgia runoff elections could hand Democrats an effective majority in the Senate, providing them somewhat more clout to set a health-care agenda.

  • The great migration to the North through World War II had given black people at least some clout as they began to vote Democratic.

  • But the two also could abstain from caucusing with either party and possibly have even more clout.

  • Military victory always gives a field commander added clout with his civilian overseers.

  • CrowdMed is also a system where Ivy League diplomas and prestigious residencies carry no clout.

  • If my side had had real clout, there would have been no Iraq War.

  • Skelton mentions rochets 'of fyne Raynes'; Colin Clout, 316.

  • Joe thought the fellow was loafing, so he hit him a clout on the head, and made very uncomplimentary remarks.

  • The Nubian wore black tights and shirt, black slippers and a white skull cap and breech-clout.

  • What, he that weares a clout about his necke,His cuffes ins pocket, and his heart ins mouth?

  • There are instances, however, of clout in the sense of a plate of iron fastened on the sole of a shoe.

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